L'arche du Pont Notre-Dame, Paris (An Arch of the Notre-Dame Bridge, Paris), 1853

Not on View

Medium

etching and drypoint on green laid paper

Dimensions

image: 12.5 × 16.6 cm (4 15/16 × 6 9/16 in.)
plate: 15.1 × 19.1 cm (5 15/16 × 7 1/2 in.)

sheet (irreg.): 22.6 × 27.1 cm (8 7/8 × 10 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

Catalogue Raisonné

Schneiderman 1990, no. 28, State iv/vii

Accession Number

1949.1.34

Artists / Makers

Charles Meryon (artist) French, 1821 - 1868

Image Use

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Inscription

"C. Meryon del. sculp. imp. Rue Ne. St. Etienne du Mont 26." lower left margin plate, artist's hand. "Paris 1853" lower right margin, in plate, artist's hand. "Le Pont Notre Dame" lower left margin, graphite, unknown hand. "a48758" verso, lower right sheet, black ink, unknown hand. "X" verso, center sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Marks and Labels

"National Gallery of Art" verso, black stamped ink, (Lugt 1932d).

Provenance

(Kennedy & Co., New York); purchased 1917 by R. Horace Gallatin [1871-1948], New York City; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Gallatin, R. Horace
Kennedy Galleries

Bibliography

1924: Delteil, Loys and Harold J.L. Wright. Catalogue raisonne of the Etchings of Charles Meryon. New York: Winfred Porter Truesdell, 1924.

1990: Schneiderman, Richard S. The Catalogue Raisonne of the Prints by Charles Meryon. London: Garton & Co., 1990.